Establishing the foundation of healing is crucial as we move along in our study. Of course, the Trinity works in us and through us in different capacities. We have looked at how God our Father is part of “who we are”, our identity. Understanding this truth releases us from rejection, fear, and lies we believe about receiving and our entitlement to healing.

Jesus, is our healer. By the shedding of his blood, when he was whipped (by His stripes we are healed – Isaiah 53:5) and by the spear that pierced His side, we have healing. I have so much more to share on the Blood Covenant. That will follow later.

What I want to bring to the forefront of our thinking and faith is that Jesus IS our healer. It is Jesus who heals. Through His name and by His blood.

The following passage (Luke 4:16-20 NKJV), Jesus is speaking:

So He (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.

MY FRIENDS, Jesus tells us specifically that He came to heal the brokenhearted (emotional healing) to proclaim liberty for the captives. Liberty in this context means to be released, to be freed from, the power (demonic) that binds us. He also came to give liberty to those who are oppressed. (Oppression is emotional, spiritual, and physical.)

It is His purpose to heal through His name and by HIS blood. And we are going to learn how to invite Jesus into our healing process.

I will be sharing the simple process of praying through the healing prayer in a few more posts. I still have a couple or more foundations to set up before we get there. But for today, I have an exercise for you. Invite Jesus into your prayer time for healing:

When I begin to pray about my own healing, I will enter into prayer and start by asking for the Glory of God to come into the room, I then ask for the Holy Spirit to come and bring all truth, and when I’ve waited a moment or two after asking, I then will ask Jesus to come and bring His love and healing.

This is what I want you to do in the next few days. I want you to practice. Go into your prayer time, close your eyes, then simply speak out loud, Father, bring your glory. Father, let your glory rest here. Holy Spirit, bring your Presence and rest here. Holy Spirit reveal all truth to me.

Then as you wait, finally, ask Jesus to come and stand before you. Engage your mind’s eye, your spirit, your heart, your imagination (mind) and imagine Jesus standing before you. See the love in His eyes that release His perfect peace into your heart. And finally, allow Him to reach out and take your hands.

Now, your experience may differ from mine. But this is how I see Jesus come to bring healing in my prayer time. This might be a new thing for you, to visualize Jesus. It was weird for me too the first few times. But every time Jesus arrives and reaches out His hands toward me, I melt within His arms of love. Just try it. Allow Him to love you.

On Friday, I will share with you how the Holy Spirit is part of your healing. It’s awesomeness!!!!!!

So give this a try. There isn’t a right or wrong way to ask Jesus into your healing/prayer time. This isn’t a formula. It’s relationship. Jesus wants a love relationship. Allow Him some freedom in your prayer time, I hope that like me, you are astounded by what happens when we release Jesus to move in our prayers and in our heart.

See you Friday. If anyone has already been praying in a similar way and can share, please do. Someone, probably me, will be encouraged to hear about how you welcomed Jesus into your prayer time and how is was experiential for you. Hugs, Lynn

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